The Brookhaven leader., 1887-09-15

THOMAS FLoURNoH, Jr, a tobacco dealer
OF Richmond and Danville, Va, and Louis
vile, Ky. has assigned with So, ,OOO La
0ilities and $500 assets.
J. T. Ross, colored, was hanged at Balti-
more, Md, on the 9th for the murder Of
Emily Brown, white woman, whose body
he sold for the dissecting room.
The French Atlantic cable has been re.
paired.
FoUR men, supposed TO be flibusters, re.
Gently appeared off Matansas Cuba, IN a
small vessel They made their way to the
Vista Hermosa estate, where they were
shortly afterward surprised by force of
the civil guards. The soldiers exchanged
fire with them, but they succeeded in es-
Gaping.
JUDGE ZUBrA, OF Paso del Norte, Mex,
who recently assaulted United States Con-
sui Brigham, has been suspended by the
Supreme Court Of Chihuahua.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended September numbered
for the United States, l52 ; for Canada, %;
total, la, az compared with 1913 the previous
week and l76 the corresponding week OF
last year.
j. H. QUASI, wholesale boot and shoe
dealer OF Louisville, KY, has made an as
signment with so, ,O0O liabilities and ample
assets.
A MOB and the police came into collision
at Mltchelstown, Ireland, on the 9th. Many
of the police were bruised and beaten, when
they fired into the crowd, killing two men
and wounding several.
THE French revenue returns continue to
show a deficit The amount for August is
| $50 900 under the amount for August last
year The total deficit 50 far this year is
| 81, 100000
! WHEN the Manitoba railway track layers
reached Fort Assinaboine, Manitoba, the
garrison turned out and the regimental
| band greeted the workmen with music.
THE Cree national election for Chief,
| Second Chief and members of the Houses
Of Kings and Warriors occurred recently.
Returns indicate the election of Legus
! Perryman, of Tulsa, as Chief over Joe Per-
! ryman, the present incumbent. Legus Per-
ryman favors the sale of Oklahoma.
| FIRE in Nashville, Tenn, recently des-
troyed Timothy Bros dry goods and Macy
! IL Co.'S hardware stores, causing S50,OU
! loss.
| FIRE at Roaring Springs, Pa, the other
morning destroyed the blank book factory
and wareroom and wagon factory, caus-
! ing $40, 600 loss.
THE casting Of the stem of the new
United States cruiser charleston" has
been successfully accomplished at San
! Francisco. The steel stern post was cast
! June 90, but the casting of the stem was q
greater feat, the stem weighing fully 1900
pounds.
TIE United States Land Ofice at Eau
! Claire, Wis, on the 9th received an order
from Acting Commissioner Stcckslager al
Washington suspendng the restoration OF
the indemnity lands of the Omaha road un
til further orders.
BIssETT. LEFoRTE & Co., general mer
chants of Montreal Canada, have made al
assignment with s6 900 liabilities and $50, ,0Ol
assets.
THE family of Captain Clemens, of the
schooner Niagara, lost in the recent gale or
Lake Superior, did not perish, as was al
first feared.
MAIL connections between the City Of
Mexico and the United States have been H.
terrupted for nearly week.
THE report of the officers Of the cruiser
Boston shows that her trial trip was sue
cesstul, the maximum horsepower de-
veloped being 4,2S4.
A FAMINE is imminent along the River
! Nile which has overtOwed its banks ano
ruined many crops
! ANOTHER victim OF the COLLISION at Alton
Iowa, has died and lady is very low. The
conductor of the fast mail has been held
for manslaughter
THE new emigrant tariff from New Yorl
will not go into effect until about October
l5 the delay being caused by the difficulty
i'll making up schedule with all the dn
ferent kinds of money that have TO bt
handled. There are 1000 points of desti
nation to be covered. The baggage excess
rates will probably be less than heretofore